The Godfather of Greenery

Chapter 686 The Flag of the Premier League

After entering the 21st century, modern football tactics have higher and higher physical requirements for players.

Modern professional players not only need to have solid basic skills and foot skills, but also have a strong physique. For offensive players in the frontcourt, speed has become an indispensable and important weapon for them.

In fact, this phenomenon has been obvious since the mid-to-late 90s.

For example, after coming to Eindhoven from Brazil, Ronaldo, who became famous in one fell swoop, has amazing speed. In addition, Michael Owen, who became famous in the World Cup in France in [-], is also famous for his speed. In addition, like Shevchenko and Henry and other players, their speed is also outstanding.

According to authoritative statistics, in the past ten years, there have been many players with excellent speed. For example, Martins, who once played for Inter Milan, has a speed of [-] seconds for [-] meters, which is called the first lightning in football. Players like Roberto Carlos, Ayrton, Ronaldo and Bellamy are also very fast.

Henry's 11-meter speed is also within the top ten. He reached [-] seconds, while Shevchenko and Giggs were [-] seconds.

Of course, the statistics here are all their peak stats, just like Ronaldo, who suffered a lot of injuries later, coupled with his belly, it is estimated that he could not even run for 11 seconds, which is really embarrassing.

To a certain extent, the 100-meter speed has no meaning at all, because players often take the ball on the court, and the sprint distance is not 60 meters, at most it is 30-[-] meters, and more is about [-] meters Therefore, in the field of football, starting speed, the so-called explosive power, is more meaningful than [-]-meter speed.

There is no way for any organization to obtain an accurate data on the player's [-]-meter speed, because this is a secret of each club, but Ye Qiu has a copy of the [-]-meter speed statistics of the players he has coached, which surprised many people. Van Persie's starting speed is also very fast, but the fastest is Robben in the Ajax period.

However, when Ye Qiu saw on the training ground, a young player wearing a white Tottenham Hotspur training uniform was sprinting on the court again and again, and there were even a few curves to bypass the defense. Ye Qiu, who was watching from the sidelines, was loudly surprised by the players rushing to the rear and overtaking forcibly.

"How fast is he?" Ye Qiu asked, pointing to this Ugandan descendant named Alex Kiwomya. He was born in England and has dual citizenship of England and Uganda. Judging from the current situation, He should be naturalized in England.

Many fans who play FM games will feel that the data in the game is very real, and then they will have an illusion that fast people are like lightning on the court, and they can forcefully overtake cars casually, but this is wrong .

On the football field, when you are moving, you are one second faster and half a second faster, which is not so obvious in fact, but one second and half a second faster is already a very big gap in the [-]-meter sprint. .

Therefore, the data cannot be accurate, it can only reflect a part of the game.

But there is an amazing situation, that is, when you meet a player with a 13-meter speed of 11 seconds and a player with a [-]-meter speed of [-] seconds, the gap between the two is more than one second, or even two seconds. Then your naked eyes can see that gap very clearly, and it will shock you.

After hearing Ye Qiu's surprise, Peter Dewissel chuckled, "A year ago, he participated in the England U15 Games and ran [-] seconds. According to my preliminary estimation, it should be even faster now!"

Ye Qiu, Bobby Harms and the others were all surprised when they heard this. My God, a year ago, when he was 14 years old, he ran under ten seconds. At this time, his speed could already catch up with On to Henry.

You know, Walcott claims to be the fastest player among active players, but his 11-meter sprint speed at Kiwomya's age is about [-] seconds, and according to Walcott's own statement now, he His [-]-meter speed is around ten seconds three.

In other words, if you really judge according to this standard, Kiwomya's speed really surpasses Walcott and Henry, and even hopes to surpass all current players and become the fastest star in the future.

Although in football, speed is only part of it, but if there is outstanding speed, it is really...

"Where did you find this Flash?" Bobby Harms asked with a smile.

Peter Dewissel also smiled proudly. He is still very confident in his ability in this area. With the continuous investment of Tottenham Hotspur in the past few years, his scouting system has spread all over the world. You can get an endless stream of scouting information from all over the world.

"Alex Kiewomya's father, Andy Kiewomya, was brought to England by Barnsley as a young man, then poached to Sheffield Wednesday, but never played in the English top flight. Instead, he played in the Scottish Premier League for a season, and then played in the lower leagues of England until he retired."

"Comparatively speaking, Chris Kiwomya, Alex's uncle and Andy's younger brother, had a more brilliant career. He played for Ipswich Town in the late 80s and came to Arsenal in 1994. , but after Arsene Wenger came to power, he moved to Queens Park Rangers."

"What's interesting is that the three members of this family are all known for their speed, and this gene has been passed on to Alex Kiwomya. He is now playing for Rotherham's youth academy. After breaking the record in the sports meeting, he attracted the attention of teams including Arsenal, Manchester United, Chelsea, etc., but he hopes to join us Tottenham Hotspur!"

Ye Qiu listened to Peter Dewissel's introduction, but he paid more attention to everything reflected on the court.

If it's just fast speed, then Ye Qiu thinks he is suitable to be a track and field athlete. Even if he is a type like Walcott who is very fast but has relatively rough foot skills, Ye Qiu will think that he has no future. Even the Gareth Bell he carved out with his own hands couldn't satisfy Ye Qiu.

For Gareth Bale, Ye Qiu has a big regret, that is, he came to Tottenham Hotspur late.

Today Kiwomya is only 15 years old, and more importantly, his basic skills are very solid. After all, his father and uncle are both professional players, and they have been trained in professional clubs since they were young, so their basic skills are quite good. Every time he received a long pass from the backcourt, he stopped quite well, showing his technical skills.

You must know that catching long passes, especially catching long passes while moving fast, requires high technical requirements for players.

"This player mentioned in my evaluation report that speed is his biggest advantage. His basic skills are solid, but he needs further refinement. Moreover, he is only 15 years old. His biggest shortcoming or weakness, It’s just that his running awareness is not smart enough, and his route selection is often not optimal, or even reasonable, and his passing and scoring abilities need to be further improved.”

Peter DeVissel's evaluation is very fair and objective. Don't look at Kiwomya who can surpass the defensive player by one position within two steps after starting up. This speed advantage is very, very obvious, but if If your timing of the start and the choice of the route are not good enough, then the value brought by your speed will drop significantly.

Just like Walcott, everyone knows how to defend him, that is to block the position, squeeze the space, fight with the body, so that you can't get up to speed, so Walcott's development at Arsenal is serious. Falling behind other people's expectations of him.

Of course, his speed advantage also guarantees the lower limit of his football level.

"This kid has a future!" Ye Qiu praised with a smile. He also has a good sense of seeing people now.

To evaluate a player, you have to look at it separately, distinguish its strengths and weaknesses, and then find out from among the weaknesses, which ones are capable of being improved through future growth and progress, and which ones are impossible to improve, and then through this This expectation is used to judge the player's potential, but even so, whether the player can become a talent is still limited by his own learning and progress.

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Some players can see through everything in just three to five minutes when you watch him play, but some players can't.

There is no doubt that the three Da Silva brothers and Kiwomya belong to that type of player, you can see that they are the type of star embryos, but such players are often still a minority, most of them are of that type You have to observe for a long time, or detect through a specific training method, to be able to draw the type of final conclusion.

Tottenham Hotspur's talent day selection event lasts for three days. The purpose is to give all players participating in the selection a relatively long-term and stable opportunity and stage to demonstrate their strength.

In the final selection list this time, all three Da Silva brothers were successfully selected, Alex Kiwomya was also selected for the Tottenham Hotspur youth team, and there is also a noteworthy small player , Adam? Armstrong, the 14-year-old native England teenager is also very optimistic about the scouting team.

Tottenham Hotspur's Theobald Youth Academy recruits a group of rookies every year, but at the same time sends away a group of rookies. This is an incentive mechanism for survival of the fittest. Players can maintain sufficient self-discipline and learning ability to urge them to progress and become talents.

With the accumulation of experience in the past few years, Tottenham Hotspur have become familiar with the preparations for the talent day selection event and the Christmas carnival. The former is held twice a year, while the latter is held once a year, but in London. With the strong support of the municipal government and district councils, the scale of the event is expanding year by year.

The brewing of this year's Christmas Carnival also started after the No.22 Premier League round on the 17nd, and continued until the 26th, which is the day after Christmas, and there are even some related activities going on in the follow-up.

Although the Christmas Carnival is still held in the name of Tottenham Hotspur, it is actually not just about Tottenham Hotspur, it has even turned into a common festival in North London.

Ye Qiu was still involved in the talent day selection activities, but he didn't care about the preparations for the Christmas carnival. This was something that belonged to Peter Kenyon. The more important task for him and the first-team players was to prepare The next winter break schedule.

You know, according to this year's Christmas schedule, all teams will play three rounds of the Premier League in just eight days. FA Cup match.

The UEFA Champions League also held the draw ceremony for the round of [-] knockout rounds before Christmas, while the Premier League suffered a tragic defeat in this season's UEFA Champions League. All four teams participating in the competition, including Manchester United, Manchester City and Liverpool, were eliminated. Forced to play in the Europa League, coupled with Chelsea, which was originally in the Europa League, the Premier League giants gathered a table of mahjong.

This has also become a major signal of the decline of the Premier League in the eyes of many people. Many Premier League professionals have appealed that the Premier League should adjust the schedule appropriately, and with the current fierce competition in the Premier League, the competitiveness of the Premier League teams in the European war is indeed very important. A major weakening and attrition.

However, when the FA was interviewed, it rejected the proposal made by many people to postpone the League Cup and FA Cup matches of the Premier League teams participating in European competitions, thinking that it would be very difficult for other teams. unfair.

"With the same number of games, Tottenham Hotspur performed very well in the League Cup and reached the quarter-finals. The Premier League is currently in the leading position. They are also the most eye-catching team in the Champions League group stage. They can Such a good performance is because they are good enough!"

This is the reason the FA uses to prevaricate those teams that want to participate in the European war. At least they don't think that the schedule is an excuse for a team to lose or be eliminated. The key is not as good as talent.

Originally, the four strong teams were ambitious to make a difference in the Champions League, but after the group stage, the top four became the only one, and Tottenham Hotspur naturally became the hope of the Premier League fans. Turnham Hotspur can go further in the Champions League and fight for the Premier League.

At the very least, when fans from other countries such as La Liga and Serie A ridicule the Premier League, they can still proudly say that we still have a Tottenham Hotspur.

Serie A has three participating teams in the UEFA Champions League knockout round this season, namely AC Milan, Inter Milan and Naples, while La Liga has two teams, namely Real Madrid and Barcelona, ​​while the other teams are basically from France. There are teams from League One, Portuguese Super League, and even teams from Switzerland, Russia and Cyprus.

In the draw for the round of [-] knockout rounds, Tottenham Hotspur had the most unlucky luck among the second-placed teams in the eight groups. After avoiding the Bundesliga Leverkusen in the same group, they drew Naples in Serie A. This has caused a large group of Premier League fans to accuse UEFA, thinking that they are going to jointly kill the Premier League.

You know, Tottenham Hotspur's Champions League record in the past two years is the semi-finals and the quarter-finals, and many people believe that Tottenham Hotspur's knockout rounds this season may not be very smooth, because this team The team has many problems, such as a single midfielder, and the two players in the midfield, Ramsey and Vidal, are not as good as Fabregas and David Silva.

The only midfielder Pirlo is also very old now.

Therefore, in the odds of winning the Champions League, Tottenham Hotspur lags behind teams such as Barcelona and Real Madrid.

After learning the result of the lottery, Ye Qiu said in an interview with the media with a smile that Tottenham Hotspur will never feel worried because of their opponents, "I think the teams that draw us should be crying and shouting bad luck, because This means the end of their Champions League promotion journey!"

Ye Qiu also acknowledged the team's sluggish performance in the past two seasons.

"Yes, we must see the problem clearly. After we reach a certain peak, the team declines, and the players inevitably lose their hunger for honor, or the desire is not strong enough, and then you will be beaten To be beaten by teams you want more, like Manchester United, I think that's a normal thing."

"But for our current team, I can feel that the players are full of desire, because when we fell back from the peak, they all received a lot of accusations and criticism, and many people began to doubt us. I think Tottenham Hotspur is no longer good, I think this batch of Tottenham Hotspur stars are going downhill!"

"But what I want to say is that we are one of the youngest teams in the knockout round of [-] in Europe, and I don't think we are going downhill because I can feel my players' respect for the team. It’s a good thing that we are full of hunger and ideas for winning again, because it can make us more eager to win!”

Ye Qiu denied what many Premier League teams called for Tottenham Hotspur to represent the Premier League.

"I don't think we can represent the Premier League. No team can represent the Premier League, because in the Premier League, there are many teams with different characteristics and styles. We play together in the league and bring different excitement and excitement to the fans every day. Freshness, I think this is the core competitiveness of the Premier League, and it is also the most charming place."

"Of course, I will try to tell my players that we are the only team in the Premier League to make it out of the group stage, we are the only team in the Premier League to reach the knockout stage, and now all the fans in the world are watching Looking at us, they would like to see how the once tyrannical Premier League was eliminated and humiliated."

"I will tell my players that we cannot represent the Premier League, but since we play in the Premier League and play in the Premier League, then we should fight for the honor and disgrace of the Premier League. The game proves that there is no weak team in the Premier League, even if there is only one Premier League team left, he is a nightmare for all other competitors!"

Ye Qiu's words were recognized by almost all Premier League fans. They were all hooked and turned to cheer for Tottenham Hotspur. They all hoped that this team could embody the spirit of the Premier League. , Playing the momentum of a Premier League team.

That kind of momentum, even if there is only the last person left, to fight to the end!

(End of this chapter)